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Energy minister Josh Frydenberg raises concern with American counterpart over US activists seeking to stop Adani’s giant Carmichael coalmine
Australia has used a summit on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to lobby the US energy minister in support of the development of one of the world’s largest coalmines.
The move, by the Australian environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, at the Marrekech meeting, won Australia the “fossil of the day” award, announced daily by the Climate Action Network to the countries that perform the worst at UN climate talks.
Related: Marrakech climate talks: US accepts petition calling for fossil fuel lobbyists to be excluded
Continue reading...US secretary of state John Kerry urges countries to treat the earth’s changing climate as an urgent threat as he addresses the uncertainty created by the election of Donald Trump. ‘Obviously an election took place in my country, and I know it’s left some here and elsewhere feeling uncertain about the future,’ he told the audience, before reiterating that a majority of citizens in the US believe climate change is a real threat
John Kerry: We will fight to keep US in the Paris climate dealContinue reading...World Coal Association boss Benjamin Sporton puts his case for a place at the UN climate talks, but won’t criticise climate science denial supporters
An awful lot of people would really like it if Benjamin Sporton went home and never came back.
Sporton is the boss of the World Coal Association and he’s walking the halls of the United Nations climate change talks.
Continue reading...Secretary of state says the outgoing Obama administration is determined to prevent Trump withdrawing the US from the landmark deal
John Kerry has signalled that the outgoing Obama administration is preparing a fight to ensure that Donald Trump does not withdraw the US from the landmark Paris agreement, to prevent catastrophic climate change.
“This is bigger than one person, one president,” the US secretary of state said in Marrakech, before his last address to the UN climate summit being held there. “We have to figure out how we’re going to stop this.”
Related: Trump administration could roll back US environmental protection, critics fear
Continue reading...Global leaders must acknowledge that land and forests owned and managed by local communities are more likely to prevent deforestation and deliver greater carbon storage
Leer este artículo en españolIn my native Colombia, the cloud forests of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have been described as holding the most important concentration of threatened wildlife on Earth. These forests are also the ancestral home of the Koguis, an indigenous group now numbering around 10,000 individuals.
In their cosmology, Koguis are the elders of humanity, living in the heart of the world, while outsiders are the “younger brothers” who were banished because of how they abused the land in the past – an accurate description of a planet where 160,000 acres of tropical rainforest are destroyed or damaged every day.
Related: Indigenous rights are key to preserving forests, climate change study finds
When local communities have no legal rights, or very few, their forests are more vulnerable to deforestation
Related: An indigenous community's battle to save their home in the Amazon – in pictures
Continue reading...Los líderes globales deben aceptar que es crucial en la lucha contra las emisiones que el patrimonio ambiental se maneje por los indígenas
Read this article in EnglishEn mi natal Colombia, los nublados bosques de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta han sido descritos como el almacén de la concentración más importante de fauna del planeta en peligro de extinción. Estos bosques son también la tierra ancestral de los Koguis, una comunidad indígena que comprende hoy alrededor de 10,000 personas.
En su cosmología, los Koguis se describen como los “hermanos mayores” de la humanidad, que habitan en el corazón del mundo, mientras los que habitan fuera de su comunidad son los “hermanos menores”, que fueron expulsados por la forma en que abusaron de la tierra en el pasado – una descripción acertada para un planeta en donde cada día 65,000 hectáreas de bosque tropical son destruídas o dañadas.
Related: Indigenous rights are key to preserving forests, climate change study finds
Related: ¿Qué tiene que ver con el medio ambiente la paz en Colombia?
Continue reading...Former Australian prime minister says the election of climate denier Donald Trump will help put the issue into perspective
Tony Abbott says the “moral panic” about climate change has been completely over the top and that he never thought it was the most serious issue faced by Australia.
He said the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States was encouraging because the Republican – who has said that he believes global warming is a scam – would put climate change in better perspective.
Related: Trump seeking quickest way to quit Paris climate agreement, says report
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Continue reading...International Energy Agency chief says current government pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions are inadequate
The Paris agreement on climate change risks failure unless countries come forward with more ambitious and detailed plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the world’s energy watchdog has warned.
The agreement, reached almost a year ago, is only a “framework”, said the International Energy Agency on Wednesday, and requires sweeping policy changes among governments around the world to put its aims into force.
Related: World could face oil shortage by end of decade, says IEA
Continue reading...There’s nothing sinister in all of this. Fossil fuel charity organisations are always at climate change talks – they’re just trying to help!
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